The story begins with Max Schrems, a privacy campaigner who wanted the EU to examine Facebook’s policy of moving information from its Irish data center to the US. In the aftermath of the Snowden leaks, it was felt that the CIA and NSA had free and easy access to stuff it shouldn’t have, like our nude selfies. He took the case to Ireland, who batted it away, effectively, by saying that America is its friend and a friend wouldn’t be so uncool and he should just chill out, bro. That wasn’t enough for Schrems, who took the decision to the European Court in the hope that it would find the decision invalid. Bot agrees, saying that all EU countries should pay a lot more attention to protecting the data of its citizens.

I am asking everyone to see if they can write the ten key points of the Mozilla Manifesto in a new way, saying the same things but using only simple words which his checker likes (like this writing that you are reading does).

You are allowed to use âInternetâ even though itâs not a simple word, but if you find a way to not use âInternetâ, thatâs even better. You are also allowed to use âMozillaâ in the heading at the top, which will be âMozilla Manifestoâ but using only simple words.

Itâs probably best if you put up your writing somewhere else on the Internet and then add some information here to say where it is. But if thatâs a problem for you, you can put your writing here instead.

The person who makes the best writing will get something. I donât know what yet. But making the best writing should make you happy anyway.

This viaÂ Greg McVerry looks interesting. GitHub, once you understand how to use it, is a fantastic tool for teaching and co-creation:

Classroom for Github automates repository creation and access control, making it easy for teachers to distribute starter code and collect assignments from students.

Assignments are the core of Classroom for GitHub. Teachers can easily create an assignment and distribute it to students using a private invitation URL. Optional starter code can be provided for individual or group work. It’s even possible to delegate assignment creation and management to co-teachers and teaching assistants by adding them as organization administrators.

I think there’s some important things missing from this, including the ability for people to retrospectively tell a new story about their past. But those minor concerns nonewithstanding, this is very interesting:

The long term goal is the foundation of a fair, just, and meritocratic society, in which individuals, regardless of personal factors, have the freedom to learn and grow with each other, judged solely on individual achievements. The society would function on a ruleset unalterable by any malicious centralized power, categorizing the skillsets of each individual and giving others the information necessary to place those individuals within society. This provides the basis for a society based on action and fact, with each individual serving their best role in the larger whole.